he was animated at times, voice projected as he denied the accusations. at one point, he told the court how he liked being called k dog by one of the complainants during their encounter. responding to allegations made by one of the four complainants that kevin spacey drugged him and performed a sex act on him while he was asleep, the actor said, he did not fall asleep and i did not perform on him while he was asleep, despite what he has shockingly accused me of. addressing the suggestion that he might have ignored signs from the four complainants, mr spacey said he definitely misread signs from one man. the actor said his interactions with two other complainants were consensual and told jurors, if they went further than they wanted, they did not let me know that. he added, it seems that they regretted what they did at a later time. kevin spacey admitted to court that he felt lonely at times after he became famous. the prosecution asked him if he reached out to people se
to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for a sexually explicit photos. we ve just had an update on that story and we can cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that i lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives from h lizo, what is the update? we ve just been told that detectives from the l been told that detectives from the metropolitan police s specialist crime command met with representatives from the bbc on the morning of monday the 10th ofjuly, that s today. the meeting took place virtually. they are assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further inquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed. there is no investigation at this stage. that follows from what we heard
the uk had hottestjune since records began, with heat killing fish in rivers and threatening insects. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. i want to show you these pictures first because these are the pictures from the israel gaza border and you can see the fires that are burning and young men carrying out their protests as the unrest spreads after that launch of the israeli military operation in the refugee camp at the start of the day. already we have been seeing the pictures from inside the camp and we know from the palestinians, they say they targeted what they described as seven palestinian militants. palestinian officials say eight have been killed and 50 wounded and have been describing it more as an invasion rather than a military operation. that phrase from one palestinian official talking to the bbc in the last couple of hours. but the unrest clearly spreading as of that operation continues. we will have more on that which is our main sto
not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan lyon is a doubt for the rest of the series after suffering what s been described as a significant calf strain on day two at lord s. he arrived at the ground earlier on crutches and cricket australia say a decision regarding his availability for the remainder of the series will be made at the conclusion of the game . defending wimbledon champion novak djokovic says he salutes and applauds the decision to allow russian and belorussian players to return to the tournament this year. the all england club were fined for banning them in 2022, but djokovic says sport should be above politics. meanwhile the club s chief executive has been explaining the increase in security in response to the protests that have disrupted a number of uk based sporting events this year. we have uplifted security around the grounds this year, we work with the met police and other agencies to look at the threat and risk each year and then put mea
is day one of wimbledon. novak djokovic takes to centre court. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in the occupied west bank where intense gun battles are continuing. hundreds of israeli soldiers are carrying out an assault on the city ofjenin. at least eight palestinians have been killed in gun battles have been continuing. it started with multiple drone strikes on the jenin started with multiple drone strikes on thejenin refugee camp. and israeli army vehicles, were seen moving in. israel claims, the camp contains a command centre for palestinian militants. across the jenin skyline, smoke has been rising for much of the day palestinian leaders say, it s an attempt to destroy a refugee camp and that innocent people inside the camp have been bombed. gun g u n battles gun battles have raged, with palestinians seen firing at israeli troops. vehicles have been firing tear gas